Boston College took control of the game late in the second
quarter with a 13-play, 96-yard drive that concluded when Ryan
found Justin Jarvis from nine yards out to give the Eagles a
17-0 cushion.

"You can't go that long a drive without guys making plays and
converting third downs," Jagodzinski said. "That says something
about your offensive football team when you can control the
game that way."

For the second straight week, B.C. dominated the opponent on the
scoreboard and in the stat column in the first half. The
Eagles had 17 first downs while holding UMass to just five,
outgaining the Minutemen 196-66 in total yardage.

But unlike it's lopsided win over Army last week, Boston College
could not put UMass away in this one.

"That was a four-quarter game we played," Jagodzinski said. "I
talked to our kids all week about playing for four quarters."

"We just kept grinding, making plays," Ryan added. "It was four
quarters worth of football that we played, and we played until
the end."

The Minutemen took advantage of a poor punt from Johnny Ayers to
put their first points on the board in the third. Starting at
the Eagles 41-yard line, Liam Coen found a streaking Rasheed
Rancher down the right sideline for a touchdown on the first
play following the punt.

Later in the third, Coen found Jeremy Horne on a slant at the
B.C. 20. Horne broke a tackle and sprinted into the end zone
for a 35-yard touchdown, drawing UMass to within 17-14.

Boston College responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive and
regained its 10-point lead when Callender ran up the middle for
a four-yard score.

Coen went 12-for-21 for 151 yards and a pair of scores for
UMass, which committed 17 penalties.

"We didn't execute as well as we needed in the first half,"
UMass coach Don Brown said. "We put ourselves in a huge hole."